Practical Color Management: Eddie Tapp on Digital Photography

Introduction

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become a key element in the success of a digital workow. Because 80 percent of imagers are now using

some form of digital, they have acquired a fair amount of digital equipment and are demanding predictable

and consistent results.

I

have attempt

ed to add workow procedures within this book that partner up with a color-managed

workow. One workow option that is not covered in a RAW workow is Adobe’s DNG (Digital Negative)

format for preserving a variety of RAW les. DNG has the promise of allowing us to acquire today’s RAW le

formats years from now, even as operating systems and RAW processing software progress and change. I

would encourage you to look at the DNG format for preservation of today’s RAW les.

It is my hope that you will be able to take some of the concepts in this book, adapt them to a successful workow

with your work, whether you have a professional workow or not, and enjoy the promise of color management.

Implementing Practical and Consistent Color Management

Here’s a specic look at what the chapters will cover:

Chapter 1, The Search for Consistent Color

Even the earliest artists probably wanted some consistency to the colors they used. In this chapt

er, we’ll

take a quick look at ho

w and why the concept of color management evolved.

Chapter 2, Understanding Key Color Management Concepts

What is the dierence between calibration and proling? What ...